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  2. Sexual maturation disorder - Wikipedia

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    In reference to sexual maturation disorder specifically, the working group noted the possibility that this diagnostic category conflated normal developmental patterns with pathological processes, and also noted that people with a non-heterosexual sexual orientation or who are gender nonconforming may experience social stress due to stigma, but ...

  3. Libido - Wikipedia

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    Reduced sex drive may also be present in trauma victims due to issues arising in sexual function. For women, it has been found that treatment can improve sexual function, thus helping restore sexual desire. [23] Depression and libido decline often coincide, with reduced sex drive being one of the symptoms of depression. [24]

  4. Gay affirmative psychotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Gay affirmative psychotherapy is a form of psychotherapy for non-heterosexual people, specifically gay and lesbian clients, which focuses on client comfort in working towards authenticity and self-acceptance regarding sexual orientation, and does not attempt to "change" them to heterosexual, or to "eliminate or diminish" same-sex "desires and behaviors".

  5. Psychosexual development - Wikipedia

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    In psychoanalysis, psychosexual development is a central element of the sexual drive theory.According to Freud, personality develops through a series of childhood stages in which pleasure seeking energies from the child become focused on certain erogenous areas.

  6. Sexology - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. Scientific study of human sexuality For the magazine, see Sexology (magazine). Sexual orientation Sexual orientations Asexual Bisexual Heterosexual Homosexual Related terms Allosexuality Androphilia and gynephilia Bi-curious Gray asexuality Demisexuality Non-heterosexual Pansexuality ...

  7. Questioning (sexuality and gender) - Wikipedia

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    A disorder of anxiety or depression related to an uncertainty about one's gender identity or sexual orientation has been classified as sexual maturation disorder by the World Health Organization in the ICD-10, under "Psychological and behavioural disorders associated with sexual development and orientation". [25]

  8. Sexuality and Its Discontents - Wikipedia

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    Sexuality and Its Discontents received positive reviews from Christopher Meade in New Statesman, [6] N. W. Bell in Choice, [7] Jim Monk in The Body Politic, [8] and the gay rights activist Dennis Altman in The Advocate, [9] Michael-Roy Kingham in The Sociological Review, [10] the sociologist Barry D. Adam in the American Journal of Sociology, [11] the sociologist Michael Messner in The Social ...

  9. Sex differences in psychology - Wikipedia

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    In 1978 Women and sex roles: A social psychological perspective was published, one of the first textbooks on the psychology behind women and sex roles. [15] Another textbook to be published, Gender and Communication , was the first textbook to discuss the topic of its subject.